Improvement in bee-hives



alle esta V URIAII A.A SPRINGER,

PONTIAC, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent N o. 109,557, dated November 22, 1870.

'IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-HIVES.l

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part, of the same.

To all lwhom 'it may concerny Be it known 'that I, URIAH A. SPRINGER, of Pontiac, in the county of Livingston and State of Illinois, havemvented a new and usefulImprovement in Bee- Hives; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

lhe object of this invention is to provide new and useful improvements in bee-hives, calculated for the better protection of the bees from the robber-bees.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bee-hive embodying my improvement.

Figure 2 represents an end elevation.

Figure 3 represents a sectional elevation, taken on the line n: x of fig. 1.

' Similar lett-ers of reference indicate correspomling v parts. I

A represents the body ofthe hive, which is provided n when the weather grows warmer, alter being closed in with ventilators at the sides and ends, E and F.

.lhe Ventilating-passages Ehave hinged covers, and those at the ends have sliding'gates. rlhe latter' are also protected by perforated plates.

used in warm weather, and when no caire is required to exclude robber-bees. f

These passages are protected by sliding gates H, which, when closed, exclude thelight from the hives. They are designed to be closed when thel weatheris cold, to confine the hees'in the hives.

Below the passages aforesaid other passages are provided, wherein the hoods K are employed, in combination with perforated gates, for admitting atmos pheric air for ventilation while excluding the light ti'oni the hive, because the light often causes the bees in mid-winter to leave the hive upon unusually warm or sunny days, whereupon they become chilled and are lost.

The perforated gates are opened to permit the bees to have free passage, except when endangered by robber'- bees; they are then closed down, and the bees have access through the perfor-ations, which are made of the proper size to ladmitL the worker-bees only. A y

lhese passages also provide egress for the bees on account of cold weather by the upper gates.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the hood K,

I the aperture I, and the perforated plate M, substantially as shown and described.

. URIAH A. SPRINGER.

Witnesses:

Gno. W. BAY, ANDERSON GQNGER. 

